Cited by 263Immune responses and vaccinationsT-cell and B-cell ImmunologyImmunotherapy and Immune Responses

Contributions of humoral and cellular immunity to vaccine-induced protection in humans

Open access
Amanna, Ian J., Slifka, Mark K.·2011·Virology

Abstract

Vaccines play a vital role in protecting the host against infectious disease. The most effective licensed vaccines elicit long-term antigen-specific antibody responses by plasma cells in addition to the development of persisting T cell and B cell memory. The relative contributions of these different immune cell subsets are context-dependent and vary depending on the attributes of the vaccine (i.e., live/attenuated, inactivated, and subunit) as well as the biology of the pathogen in question. For relatively simple vaccines against bacterial antigens (e.g., tetanus toxin) or invariant viruses, the immunological correlates of protection are well-characterized. For more complex vaccines against viruses, especially those that mutate or cause latent infections, it is more difficult to define the specific correlates of immunity. This often requires observational/natural history studies, clinical trials, or experimental evaluation in relevant animal models in order for immunological correlates to be determined or extrapolated. In this review, we will discuss the relative contributions of virus-specific T cell and B cell responses to vaccine-mediated protection against disease.

The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.

Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.

A few free checks a day · papers already verified open instantly · results are public

Integrity signals

Registry

Crossref · 10.1016/j.virol.2010.12.016

Cites

169 of 169 references verified0 citation errors · 0 not checkable

Statistics

Claims the paper makes

The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.

Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.

A few free checks a day · papers already verified open instantly · results are public

Claims other papers make about this one

Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?

  • Protection afforded by currently licensed vaccines is primarily based on induction of a humoral immune response.

    “Protection afforded by currently licensed vaccines is primarily based on induction of a humoral immune response (Amanna & Slifka, 2011).”

    From mRNA mediates passive vaccination against infectious agents, toxins, and tumors (2017) · cites this paper as Amanna & Slifka, 2011

    The section “Persisting antibody following vaccination; the first line of defense against infection” says antibody responses are the probable basis of efficacy for many of today’s most successful vaccines. But the Abstract and Conclusions say the relative contribution of humoral immunity depends on the vaccine and pathogen, and that protection often also involves cellular immunity. The claim extends the antibody-based account to currently licensed vaccines generally. (LLM, conf=0.85)

    Experimental — accuracy not yet measured

Self-check

Percentages, sums and reported differences re-computed from the paper’s own numbers.

The self-check needs the paper’s full text.

Cites

Flagged first, then by citations

Research works printed but not linked: 6

  1. Fine PEM Mulholland K Plotkin SA Orenstein WA Offit PA 2008 Community Immunity 5 Vaccines 17 36 Saunders/Elsevier Philadelphia, PA
  2. Gershon AA Takahashi M Seward JF Plotkin SA Orenstein WA Offit PA 2008 Varicella vaccine Vaccines 915 958 Saunders/Elsevier Philadelphia, PA
  3. Gomez PL Robinson JM Rogalewicz J Plotkin SA Orenstein WA Offit PA 2008 Vaccine manufacturing 5 Vaccines 45 58 Saunders/Elsevier Philadelphia, PA
  4. Siegrist C-A Plotkin SA Orenstein WA Offit PA 2008 Vaccine Immunology 5 Vaccines 1725 Saunders/Elsevier
  5. Strebel PM Papania MJ Dayan GH Halsey NA Plotkin SA Orenstein WA Offit PA 2008 Measles vaccines Vaccines 353 398 Saunders/Elsevier Philadelphia, PA
  6. Wolters KL Dehmel H 1942 Abschliessende untersuchungen uber die Tetanus Prophylaxe durch active Immunisierung Zeitschrift fur Hyeitschrift 124 326 332

Cited by

Sorted by citations

Authors
Amanna, I. J., & Slifka, M. K.
Affiliations
  • Najít Technologies (United States) (US)
  • Oregon Health & Science University (US)
Venue
Virology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2011-03
Volume
411
Issue
2
Pages
206-215
ISSN
0042-6822 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2043944957
Cited by
263
References
169
Citations by year
2026: 16 · 2025: 18 · 2024: 19 · 2023: 25 · 2022: 29 · 2021: 23 · 2020: 14 · 2019: 15 · 2018: 19 · 2017: 14 · 2016: 14 · 2015: 8 · 2014: 11 · 2013: 20 · 2012: 11
FWCI
1.42
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Virology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health (R43 AI079898, UO1 AI082196, U54 AI081680)
  • ONPRC (RR00163)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immune responses and vaccinations
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
Keywords
vaccine-induced immunity, humoral immunity, cell-mediated immunity, T cell response, B cell response, immunological correlates of protection, vaccine types, virus-specific immunity, memory B cells, plasma cells
MeSH terms
B-Lymphocytes, Humans, Immunity, Cellular, T-Lymphocytes, Viral Vaccines, Immunity, Humoral

About these checks

Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.

Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.

Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.

What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›

Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review